indicative conditional

noun

A type of conditional statement in natural language that expresses a relationship between two propositions, and used to convey the situation where the truth of one proposition (the antecedent) suggests or implies the truth of another proposition (the consequent).

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nounindicative conditional (plural indicative conditionals)

plural indicative conditionals

  1. grammarA type of conditional statement in natural language that expresses a relationship between two propositions, and used to convey the situation where the truth of one proposition (the antecedent) suggests or implies the truth of another proposition (the consequent).
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